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From: dlnash@ut-emx.UUCP (Donald L. Nash)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans,comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Looking for comments on the 15-pin ethernet connector
Message-ID: <3345@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jun 88 14:15:52 GMT
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In article <23340@bu-cs.BU.EDU>, bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein) writes:
> 
> We have around 100 Suns here and other assorted items (this lousy
> slide-latch is not unique to Suns by any means, it's ubiquitous) and
> they're always falling out, the worst catastrophes occur when they
  ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^
> fall out of centralized server machines, we've been out for hours and
> hours while some poor operator tries to figure out what the problem is
> (they're learning, we're all learning.)
> 

It really gets interesting when the cable falls out just enough that
the transmit wire gets disconnected but the receive wire is still in
place.  Then you have a machine which can listen but not talk.  We had
this happen on a MicroVAX II and almost went into a panic thinking
the DEQNA had died.

> I'll also add a vote to the Mac-like knurled screws,

Me, too.


				Don Nash

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